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...posh salons of Bel Air and Beverly Hills, the hors d'oeuvres are being passed around with tidbits of the spiciest scandal to hit Tinseltown in a long time. The titillating topic: the double life of the late multimillionaire Alfred Bloomingdale. His paramour of twelve years, Vicki Morgan, 30, is suing his estate for lifetime support of at least $5 million. His socialite wife Betsy claims that Morgan was paid for sexual services and is entitled to nothing more. Says Los Angeles Times Society Editor Jody Jacobs: "It's caused a real stir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was It for Love or Money? | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...woman's hand in marriage, he might be required to bring a sampling of his under things for the parents to peruse. And, in the case of seduction, underwear will probably prove the source of considerable stress and depression. A woman who wakes to find that her paramour wears Caldor generics could experience severe self-doubt and fear of ostracism from her peer group. Psychotherapists should take note...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Semper Ubi Sub Ubi | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

...another fair Englishwoman walked off with the lead. Rachel Ward, 24 (Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid), is cast as Meggie in The Thorn Birds, a nine-hour ABC-TV "novel for television" based on Colleen McCullough's 1977 bestseller. Richard Chamberlain, 47, plays Meggie's paramour, Man of the Cloth Ralph de Bricassart. Jean Simmons, 53, has the role of her mother Fee, and Barbara Stanwyck, 74, is cast as her Aunt Mary Carson. Only one major part, that of Meggie's husband Luke, is being played by an Australian, Bryan Brown (Breaker Morant). Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 12, 1982 | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

Because of the Messersmith decision, your paramour is entitled to free agency after six years of service. However, if you are covered by the basic agreement and he is a type-I boyfriend, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Haywood Sullivan...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: From the Mailbag | 9/30/1981 | See Source »

...machine with which you mow your lawn is, of course, your paramour.) It has long been called Survival City. Another monicker was Mobtown, after its citizens' proclivity for rioting. Because it was long famed for 50 beer, 100 crabcakes and 150 rye whisky, it was more affectionately dubbed Nickel City. Bawlamer, 252 years old, was traditionally a blue-collar, beer-and-shot town, built on 19th century technologies, mainly steel and shipbuilding, that have since trailed off, as has its population. Of its 780,000 people, down from 939,000 in 1960, almost 55% are now black, of whom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: He Digs Downtown | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

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